The last kabbalist of Lisbon
By: Richard Zimler
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Woodstock, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9781585670222
Subjects: Jews; Fiction
Description: A novel on the 1506 massacre of Jews in Lisbon. The hero is Berekiah Zarco, a young manuscript painter hunting for the killer of his uncle, both being kabbalists, Jews practicing their faith in secret after obligatory conversion to Christianity.
Notes: This ed. originally published : 1998.